• Failure to fill Agreement

    On May 3, the Association signed an amended agreement with the School District that resolves several grievances related primarily to special education classes, staffing ratios, caseloads, and failures to fill

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  • Round 2

    Round 2 of the Transfer Process will begin on Tuesday, May 24. Make sure the personal information page of Employee Self-Serve makes it clear how you are qualified for the position

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  • An analogy to explain “restored language” 

    Imagine that after saving hard for many years you bought a good, reliable car in 1993. It was nothing fancy but got you between places in relative comfort and ease.

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  • Remedy Agreement

    The grievance officers met with the staff representatives from secondary schools to discuss best efforts to comply with the restored language of our collective agreement. Staff reps, with the help

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  • BCTF AGM Personal Reflections 

    Forty-two Surrey teachers spent four days online attending the 2022 BCTF AGM from Saturday, March 19 until Tuesday, March 22. Read what some of them thought about the experience.    Andrea

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  • STA Awards

    The Surrey Teachers’ Association would like to formally recognize those members who have rendered exceptional services to our profession and union, whose achievements in their careers and/or whose contributions in

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  • IST Transition Agreement

    Earlier this year, the District served the STA notice under Section 54 of the Labour Relations Code that they wanted to make some IST positions school-based rather than district-based. The

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  • Round 1 Transfers

    There are three parts to the transfer process. The first is the online application. Apply for postings using Employee Self-Serve. The first page includes your personal information. The Collective Agreement

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  • What is Local Specialist Association (LSA)?

    What is an LSA?  L.S.A. stands for Local Specialist Association. An L.S.A. is a local organization of teachers or specialists within a school district who teach in a common subject

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  • If you contract COVID-19

    If WorkSafeBC can link your case to an exposure at school, you are entitled to have most of your sick days reimbursed by WorkSafeBC.  The exact amount of reimbursement will

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